Our students have returned refreshed and very focused from their Easter breaks. The amount of work being produced, particularly by those in years 11 to 13 and their eagerness to seek help and advice from their teachers have increased enormously.
It is true that the impending public examinations have sharply focused their minds; but it is also true that before the break most of them were very tired and run down. They needed a holiday and a chance to reflect and, as we are an independent school, they have enjoyed a three-week break.
Many of them spent part of their holidays on school trips – we had exchange visits to France, Italy and Germany, a geography field trip to South Wales, an religious studies study trip in Amsterdam, a hockey tour in Holland, a study visit to the First World War Battlefields, and Silver Duke of Edinburgh’s Award expeditions in the UK. According to Mr Gove, our students should perhaps now be achieving less well, because they have had a long holiday.
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